Wien Hauptbahnhof

This article is about the new main station in Vienna. For the central station, see Wien Mitte railway station.
Wien Hauptbahnhof
Austrian Federal Railways

The northern entrance to the station concourse
Location Favoritenstraße 51, Vienna
Austria
Coordinates 48°11′12″N 16°22′48″E / 48.186667°N 16.380000°E / 48.186667; 16.380000Coordinates: 48°11′12″N 16°22′48″E / 48.186667°N 16.380000°E / 48.186667; 16.380000
Owned by ÖBB
Platforms 12
Tracks 16 Total
12 for ÖBB
2 for underground tram
2 for U-Bahn
Construction
Structure type at-grade
Parking yes
Other information
Website Hauptbahnhof Wien
History
Opened December 2012[1]/2015[2]
Electrified yes
Traffic
Passengers 40,000/day[3]

Wien Hauptbahnhof[4][1][5] (German for "Vienna Main station";[6][7] also referred to in English as "Vienna Hauptbahnhof"[8][9]) is the main railway station in Vienna, Austria, located in the Favoriten district.[10]

Wien Hauptbahnhof has replaced the Wien Südbahnhof terminus[11] with a through station linking four major railway lines converging on Vienna from the North, East, West and South. The new station offers significantly improved, principally international, connectivity.[2] By moving the main access to Südtiroler Platz, the new station is better connected to the Vienna U-Bahn system, and is also accessible by Vienna S-Bahn, tram and bus lines.[12] The Südtiroler Platz S-Bahn station was renamed Wien Hbf (platforms 1 and 2) in December 2012.[8]

Timeframe

The city council agreed to build the station 15 December 2006. Construction began in June 2007, starting with preliminary works such as the remodelling of the S-Bahn station Südtiroler Platz. In 2008, the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn stations at Südtiroler Platz were connected with each other and Südbahnhof was demolished.

In 2009, ÖBB Infrastruktur awarded a €220m construction contract to a consortium led by Strabag.[13]

The bulk of Südbahnhof's services (platforms 11-19) were closed with the timetable change of 13 December 2009, with Wien Meidling railway station temporarily taking over many of Südbahnhof's services.[14] Construction started in April 2010.[15]

Trains began passing through the new Hauptbahhof without stopping, 6 August 2012.[6] The station became partly operational in December 2012,[1] with regional and S-Bahn services using platforms 9-12 and long-distance trains not stopping.[8] It was expected that the Hauptbahnhof would fully open in December 2014, however delays in completing a footbridge mean it will not be fully operational until December 2015.[4][8]

The rebuilt station has around 100 shops and restaurants as well as 600 car parking spaces.[13] Office and residential developments are currently being built.

Opening

Waiting area under the platforms in October 2014

The Hauptbahnhof was officially opened by President Heinz Fischer 10 October 2014,[5] with many long-distance services due to use the new station beginning 14 December 2014 when the night trains to Berlin, Bucharest, Düsseldorf, Florence, Hamburg, Hanover, Köln, Kraków, Milan, München, Rome, Venice, Verona and Zürich will depart from the station. A new daily high-speed train service between Graz and Prague (via Wien Hbf) will depart every two hours.[9]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

S1 Mödling – Wien Meidling – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 1–2) – Wien Floridsdorf – Gänserndorf
S2 Wiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof – Baden – Wien Meidling – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 1–2) – Wien Floridsdorf – Wolkersdorf – Mistelbach – Laa an der Thaya
S3 Wien Meidling – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 1–2) – Wien Floridsdorf – Stockerau – Absdorf–Hippersdorf or Hollabrunn
S60 Rekawinkel – Wien Hütteldorf – Wien Meidling – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 9–12) – Bruck an der Leitha
S80 Wien Hirschstetten – Wien Stadlau – Wien Simmering – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 9–12) – Wien Meidling – Ebenfurth – Wiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof
R to Deutschkreutz, Bratislava, Marchegg, Pamhagen, Wulkaprodersdorf, Győr, Payerbach-Reichenau, Břeclav, Znojmo and Wiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
ICE 91
Terminus
Preceding station   ÖBB   Following station
toward München or Zürich
Railjet
toward Graz
Railjet
toward Villach or Lienz in Osttirol
RailjetTerminus
EuroCity
toward Beograd
EuroCity
toward Debrecen
EuroCity
toward Belgrade
EuroCityTerminus
toward Nice-Ville
EuroNight
toward Roma Termini
EuroNightTerminus
EuroNightTerminus
Preceding Vienna S-Bahn Following
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz
Toward Wiener Neustadt
S1
Wien Quartier Belvedere
Toward Gänserndorf
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz
Toward Wiener Neustadt
S2
Wien Quartier Belvedere
Toward Laa an der Thaya
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz
Terminus
S3
Wien Quartier Belvedere
Toward Hollabrunn
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz
Toward Absdorf
Wien Meidling
Toward Rekawinkel
S60
Wien Grillgasse railway station
Toward Bruck an der Leitha
Wien Meidling
Toward Wiener Neustadt
S80
Wien Simmering railway station
Toward Wien Hirschstetten

Public transport

The station is served by the following municipal public transport services:

Construction

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Openings increase speeds and capacity". Railway Gazette International. 27 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Bahnkonzept Hauptbahnhof Wien" [Track Design at Vienna Central Station] (in German). Österreichische Bundesbahnen. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  3. ↑ "Fertigstellung des Rautendaches am Wiener Hauptbahnhof bis Jahresende" [Completion of the diamond roof at Vienna's main train station by year end]. Wiener Zeitung (in German). 12 March 2013. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  4. 1 2 Beier, Roland (May 2013). "Wien Hauptbahnhof delayed". Today's Railways.
  5. 1 2 "Wien Hauptbahnhof officially inaugurated". Railway Gazette International. 10 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Milestones of Vienna's Main Railway Station". City of Vienna.
  7. ↑ "Wien Hauptbahnhof/Vienna Main Station" (PDF). Österreichische Bundesbahnen.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Fender, Keith (June 2013). "Vienna Hauptbahnhof delayed". Modern Railways.
  9. 1 2 "Vienna Hauptbahnhof celebrates opening". The Local. 6 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Wien Hauptbahnhof and Wieden". The Rough Guide to Vienna. Rough Guides. p. 136. (subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ Averbuck, Alexis; Bedford, Neal (2009). Western Europe. Lonely Planet. p. 66.
  12. ↑ "Facts & Figures project Vienna main station" (PDF). Hauptbahnhof Wien.
  13. 1 2 "Wien Hauptbahnhof construction contract awarded". Railway Gazette International. 22 November 2009.
  14. ↑ "Passenger Info: Timetable changes with closure of Vienna Südbahnhof from December 13th, 2009" (PDF). Österreichische Bundesbahnen. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  15. ↑ "Hauptbahnhof Wien" (in German). Hauptbahnhof Wien. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  16. ↑ EuroNight timetable

Bibliography

  • Kaiser, Wolfgang (2011). Die Wiener Bahnhöfe. Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft [Vienna's Railway Stations: Past, Present and Future] (in German). München: GeraMond. ISBN 9783862451104. OCLC 724801367. 

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